Nation: The Bitter Trial of G. Harrold Carswell

It's a relief. This has been an agonizing experience for me, my family
and my friends.

COMING on the heels of his rejection by the Senate for elevation to the
U.S. Supreme Court, Judge G. Harrold Carswell's statement could be seen
as an attempt to mask his obvious disappointment. In fact, there is
every reason to believe that the statement was sincere. For Carswell,
as for Judge Clement Haynsworth Jr. before him both men who were
thrust from the relative obscurity of their positions into national
prominence and scrutinythe nomination fight was a bitter trial that
affected lives, family and friends.